Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-20
SOCIAL eVI&Ks.
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Nothing In history can Furnish more
amueement than the social fanctea and
snatoms which have prevailed from
time 70 slime and then disappeared, 0nlg
10 taFp % again IL the course Of fev
revolving years. Tbs dress 81 our
arandparents IL our present craze, and
she mere statement thst the thing -
seld" enbancss lie vslus. Nov and
than va and some brave enonGh 10 as
cert that they will not bov the sdsfiDg
knee 10 an ugly picture OF curio be-
cause it is Old.
The women Of past years wore deco
lete Qowns and danced the Eiinust-the
Wonsn Of the present de Likewise, with
great difference In manners. Stately
ooartesy has given place largely to
gushing effusion. Tbs woman Who IL
simple, natural, easy-in short, her
wonanIy Rals-oan only listen and alb
aord she mixture OF ayllabub and sense
poured out by go called society w0n-
an" The man Who goes from one
house 10 another saying pleasant things
70 the same people. In the same way,
and With the came amount Of trutbfsl
ness. 10 9 repetition Of his grandfather.
Who did AlI this n the past. Just nov
khe reospsiOn, IN eli Ice varied forms,
With all its peculiar and agreeable OF
disAeresakls features, reigss supreme.
A busy woman Who mast think. Who
mast care for others, whose heart IL In
her work for others, and whose life
cannot be eonAned within four walls or
narrowing eonventisnalities. seeks her
kind and saves her pFeeioas moments
By receiving Der friends UPON one
day in the week. The busy man,
shut In his once for long,
weary hours, haEaAaed by many
cares and often fiagellated by foes, hnds
Il aweeter and better for the few mo
menta' ckat In some attractive home,
where beauty, music and flowers give
him the needed poetry 10 mate With his
pFosaio cares.
To those people and 10 all who need
the friction of mird With mind the
o'clock "teas" or informal lat homes"
are q delight II rightly controlled. The
danger lies IN excess. TIE charm IL
lest beyond . certain point. The
sweetest masic bores as when We have
listened aatil our heads ache. An in
cesseRt round Of receptions must tar
tbs nerves aud strength without fur
nishing mental stimaianta. To see the
people We value, 10 talk with those We
respect, 20 finger for even few brief
moments Ia the society Of those We love,
affords inspiration, IL such companion
ship allows as 10 speak a. sensible hu-
man beings should speak; bat TO be
crowded IN heated rooms, TO hear a
deafening. mufll ID roar Of human
voices, and 10 utter commonplace IN
response 10 oommonplaces. Is simply
demoraiizinR, aud is rob0and from
she inevitable essay and discussion"
which has been the chief delight Of
Boston society for several years.
No city in our Union can show a
greater numbsr Of brilliant women than
our own, and nowhere can conversation,
sensible and amusing, be carried 90
such an enjoyable degree. Our deed Of
the hour - spirited Independence; a
courteous and kindly quitting aside OF
all customs and OUR = which. through
excess, may lead us 90 lower cur stand
ard Of literary excellence. 30 baiittle the
great q cd OF social intercourse. ans
worse than ell, to give the young mea
and yOaBg women frOth rather than
good intellectual vine or q sparkling
tonio.